Yarn carrier



Ndv. 15, 1932. s. GASTRICH 1,887,928

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Patented Nov. 15, a 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GUSTAV GASTRIGH, OI WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO TEXTILE MACHINE WORKS, 013 WYOMISSING PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYII'.

VAN IA YARN CARRIER Application filed September 12, 1980. SeriaPNo. 481,366.

This invention generally relates to yarn guides or carriers for knitting machines, and more particularly to the type used in full fashioned stocking knitting machines for laying the yarn across the sinkers and dividers; the primary object being to provide an improved carrier of this type having novel yarn attaching and movement limiting means combined therewith.

- The invention comprises the novel yarn carrier herein disclosed by the following detailed description and accompanying drawing of one embodiment thereof, reference to which will make the above and other objects as well as attendant advantages more readily apparent.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of my improved yarn carrier, shown in connection with certain cooperating parts of a well known full fashioned stocking knitting machine.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the carrier shown in Fig. ,1, partly in section.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective vlew of a resilient member forming part of my 1nvention.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken as indicated by the arrows 44 on Flg. 1 and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but of a modified form of construction.

For illustrative purposes, the invention is 10, then through a second aperture (not shown) at the end of a guide groove 14, to the front of member 10 and along the groove 14, finally passing through a bore in the tip 10a of member 10, from where it is fed to the sinkers 15 and dividers 16. Plate 11 is secured to a reciprocatively operated bar 17,

to which as many yarn carriers are attached Heretofore, when the thread carriers were moved to inoperative position the loose yarn end 12a from each carrier would be wound or wrapped about a projecting part on the mach ne, in order to prevent it from accidentally being pulled through the bore of tip 10a, and necessitating rethreading when the carriers were again put in operation. This wrapping and later unwrapplng of the yarn ends consumed considerable time and was more or less troublesome. I overcome these difiiculties by providing novel and convenient yarn attaching means directly on the carrier, adapted to quickly gnp and release the yarn, with very little movement on the part of the operator.

Furthermore, with my invention it becomes unnecessary to pass the yarn to the rear of member 10 to prevent excessive slack, as mentioned above, the yarn traveling along the front, as clearly shown.

As shown, the thread gripping means comprises a spring clip 18 having an elongated body part 18a which is secured to the rear of the member 10 by spot welding, as indicated at 21a in Fig. 4, or in other suitable manner, and two gripping extensions 20 and 21 suitably shaped so as to coact with the member 10 to ordinarily prevent excessive sidewise movement of the yarn, and also to provide for gripping of the yarn at either side of its central path of travel therealong. It will be noted that each of the extensions 20 and 21 are formed to provide a wedgeshaped opening between them and the front surface of member 10, into which the yarn 12 is ordinarily thrown when the carrier is reciprocated; such action merely preventing excessive slackening thereof during operation. When-it is desired to attach the yarn, 1 0

it is pressed between one of the extensions and member the resiliency of the extensions providing the necessary pressure for proper gripping of the yarn.

Two gripping extensions may be provided, as shown, or the spring clip may be modified so as to have one gripping extension only as indicated at 22 in Fig. 5, and a plain slack preventing member 23, as shown, to limit the ateral slack movement of the yarn as the carrier is reciprocated. This is accomplished by bending one of the extensions of clip 18 to the configuration shown at 23 in Fig. 5, it being apparent that this then functions as a yarn abutment only and not to grip the y In order to release the yarn held by one of the gripping extensions, it is merely necessary to exert a slight pull on the yarn towards the center of member 10.

Of course, the improved yarn carrier shown and described can be changed and modified in various ways without departing from the invention herein disclosed and hereinafter claimed.

I claim In a yarn carrier for knitting machines, the combination with a yarn supporting member, and means guiding the yarn therealong; of a spring clip on said member provided with an extension for limiting the lateral slack movement or the yarndue to movement of the carrier and an extension cooperating with said member to grip the yarn adjacent 35 the normal path of travel of the latter.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GUSTAV GASTRIOH. 

